The University of New Hampshire believes that a flexible work environment yields beneficial work and health–related outcomes for both the employer and employee. The University is therefore committed to workplace policies that promote workplace flexibility, physical and mental health and supports the diverse needs of our workforce.

UNH Receives Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility for 2011

“Employers that provide flexibility to their employees, with regard to where and how their work gets done, gain a tremendous financial benefit and competitive advantage in today’s economy. With workplace flexibility, UNH is better prepared for challenging state budget cycles by taking advantage of cost savings and better positioned to deliver the highest quality and value education to our students,” said Dick Cannon, vice president for administration and finance at UNH.*

UNH believes workplace flexibility can support the university in a number of areas, including:

• Capitalizing on new approaches to the allocation of time in pursuing our mission of teaching, research and service.
• Recognizing the reality that employees increasingly face the challenge of balancing personal and professional demands, and that those demands may change during a UNH career.
• Remaining competitive in recruiting and retaining talented employees by paying attention to contemporary practices of employers of choice.
• Supporting a university interest in utilizing our physical assets more fully to achieve economies and increase revenue producing activity year round.
• Mitigating the tendency of traditional calendars and schedules to lead to the need to maintain peak transportation, parking and energy capacity.
• Taking advantage of new information technologies to make possible opportunities for many employees to effectively perform some work at home or in remote sites.
• Supporting a strong performance-based culture focused on results whereby flexible work arrangements and a results orientation need not be at odds, but can be a win-win for the university and its staff.

*Above are excerpts an article from the UNH Campus Journal, dated September 21, 2011